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MegaOctane1
Helper I
Helper I

Fill in missing values for all items in sales order if one item has value

I have a table with Sales orders. I want in PowerQuery or with a SQL in a view in Lakehouse, to fill in the same PO number in the fields that doesn't have a sales order, so if this is my data:

SalesOrderItemPO
75131#
751327899
75133#
75351#
75352#
75353#
75354#
86741#
86742#
86743#
867446541

 

Then it should look like this:

SalesOrderItemPO
751317899
751327899
751337899
75351#
75352#
75353#
75354#
867416541
867426541
867436541
867446541
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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjc1NFbSUTIEYmWlWB24gBEQm1tYWiKLGSMpMjZF0wUWMEIXwNBiAhewMDM3QTEDKmCELmCMLgDCZqYmhkqxsQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [SalesOrder = _t, Item = _t, PO = _t]),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"SalesOrder"}, {{"Rows", each _, type table [SalesOrder=nullable text, Item=nullable text, PO=nullable text]}, {"PO", each List.Max([PO]), type nullable text}}),
    #"Expanded Rows" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Rows", {"Item"}, {"Item"})
in
    #"Expanded Rows"

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done". Once you examined the code, replace the entire Source step with your own source.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjc1NFbSUTIEYmWlWB24gBEQm1tYWiKLGSMpMjZF0wUWMEIXwNBiAhewMDM3QTEDKmCELmCMLgDCZqYmhkqxsQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [SalesOrder = _t, Item = _t, PO = _t]),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(Source, {"SalesOrder"}, {{"Rows", each _, type table [SalesOrder=nullable text, Item=nullable text, PO=nullable text]}, {"PO", each List.Max([PO]), type nullable text}}),
    #"Expanded Rows" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Rows", {"Item"}, {"Item"})
in
    #"Expanded Rows"

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done". Once you examined the code, replace the entire Source step with your own source.

I have 10. million rows of data. Is there a more efficient way to do this or is this the best solution?

I would say this is the best you can do in Power Query.  You can try to add a Table.Buffer but it may not help (or even make things slower)

Thanks @lbendlin,
Works like a charm. 

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